Pat Toomey graduated from Harvard. After earning his degree at Harvard, Toomey spent six years working in the international capital markets. That consisted of helping businesses expand, managing exposure to changing interest and currency exchange rates, and creating new jobs. After doing that he became a business owner. He decided that the huge tax burdens imposed on small businesses in Pennsylvania were bad so he ran, and won, a seat in the 15h Congressional District in Washington. He represented Pennsylvania for three years in a row. While in Office, Pat Toomey was a leading advocate for limited government and personal freedom. He wanted tax cuts and no more wasteful spending. Because of his role in Office, Toomey has received top scores from national watchdog groups. Those groups consisted of Citizens Against Government Waste, Americans for Tax Reform, the National Taxpayers Union and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Issues Jobs and the Economy: Toomey believes the government should be making it less expensive for businesses to hire people. He believes it should be easier, too. He believes the government should cut taxes and decrease regulation. Toomey believes getting rid of tax on capital gains and lowering taxes on businesses would make the United States companies more competitive and there would be more jobs for people in America. Bailouts: Pat Toomey opposes the taxpayer-funded bailouts. He wants to save taxpayers their money. He does not want their money to go to bailouts that are wasteful. Toomey wants to protect businesses that are hardworking. Pat Toomey believes bailouts discourage success while encouraging failure. Health Care: Pat Toomey believes in order to lower the cost of health care the government needs to give choice and power to the patients, not the government. He believes in personally owned and personally controlled health care. Toomey thinks Americans should be able to buy health insurance anywhere in the U.S. He believes this would be beneficial because it would allow anyone to access health care anywhere and it will lower costs because it would force health insurance companies to compete with each other. Pat Toomey believes in order to reform the health care system the U.S. needs to give more control to patients and their doctors, not to the government and insurance companies.
Joe Sestak was elected to Congress in 2006. He was elected to represent the 7th Congressional District. He has a 31-year career in the Navy. Joe Sestak served in the White House and the Pentagon. He is the highest ranking former military officer to ever be elected into Congress. Joe Sestak earned his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard. Issues Economy- Joe Sestak gained membership on both the Small Business Committee and the Education and Labor Committee so he could support and educate. He has voted for the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The act provided $787 billion in emergency funds to help prevent the unemployment rate from going up. He has also voted on other things such as Emergency Economic Stabilization Bills to Ensure Credit Availability. Health- Joe Sestak has proposed eight steps being on one of the healthcare subcommittees: “Shift away from fee-for-service programs; pay providers adequately; give patients the same choices as Members of Congress; share the costs; expand transitional health tax credits; institute mental health parity; improve performance in treating chronic disease and increase the use of health information technology.” Education- Joe Sestak believes in dedication towards improving the nation’s schools and trying to make college more affordable to everybody. He was the original co-sponsor of the student aid and fiscal responsibility act of 2009. He also co-sponsored the American opportunity Tax Credit Act. That act permitted refundable tax credits for a higher education expense of up to $4,000.
Pat Toomey- Republican
Pat Toomey graduated from Harvard. After earning his degree at Harvard, Toomey spent six years working in the international capital markets. That consisted of helping businesses expand, managing exposure to changing interest and currency exchange rates, and creating new jobs. After doing that he became a business owner. He decided that the huge tax burdens imposed on small businesses in Pennsylvania were bad so he ran, and won, a seat in the 15h Congressional District in Washington. He represented Pennsylvania for three years in a row. While in Office, Pat Toomey was a leading advocate for limited government and personal freedom. He wanted tax cuts and no more wasteful spending. Because of his role in Office, Toomey has received top scores from national watchdog groups. Those groups consisted of Citizens Against Government Waste, Americans for Tax Reform, the National Taxpayers Union and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.Issues
Jobs and the Economy: Toomey believes the government should be making it less expensive for businesses to hire people. He believes it should be easier, too. He believes the government should cut taxes and decrease regulation. Toomey believes getting rid of tax on capital gains and lowering taxes on businesses would make the United States companies more competitive and there would be more jobs for people in America.
Bailouts: Pat Toomey opposes the taxpayer-funded bailouts. He wants to save taxpayers their money. He does not want their money to go to bailouts that are wasteful. Toomey wants to protect businesses that are hardworking. Pat Toomey believes bailouts discourage success while encouraging failure.
Health Care: Pat Toomey believes in order to lower the cost of health care the government needs to give choice and power to the patients, not the government. He believes in personally owned and personally controlled health care. Toomey thinks Americans should be able to buy health insurance anywhere in the U.S. He believes this would be beneficial because it would allow anyone to access health care anywhere and it will lower costs because it would force health insurance companies to compete with each other. Pat Toomey believes in order to reform the health care system the U.S. needs to give more control to patients and their doctors, not to the government and insurance companies.
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Joe Sestak-Democrat
Joe Sestak was elected to Congress in 2006. He was elected to represent the 7th Congressional District. He has a 31-year career in the Navy. Joe Sestak served in the White House and the Pentagon. He is the highest ranking former military officer to ever be elected into Congress. Joe Sestak earned his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard.Issues
Economy- Joe Sestak gained membership on both the Small Business Committee and the Education and Labor Committee so he could support and educate. He has voted for the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The act provided $787 billion in emergency funds to help prevent the unemployment rate from going up. He has also voted on other things such as Emergency Economic Stabilization Bills to Ensure Credit Availability.
Health- Joe Sestak has proposed eight steps being on one of the healthcare subcommittees: “Shift away from fee-for-service programs; pay providers adequately; give patients the same choices as Members of Congress; share the costs; expand transitional health tax credits; institute mental health parity; improve performance in treating chronic disease and increase the use of health information technology.”
Education- Joe Sestak believes in dedication towards improving the nation’s schools and trying to make college more affordable to everybody. He was the original co-sponsor of the student aid and fiscal responsibility act of 2009. He also co-sponsored the American opportunity Tax Credit Act. That act permitted refundable tax credits for a higher education expense of up to $4,000.
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September 20, 2010
Toomey: 45%
Sestak: 36%
Pat Toomey wins Senate from Pennsylvania voters disenchanted with economy, government